An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country’s U.N.-supported government said. The government blames the self-styled Libyan National Army. (July 3)

Militias loosely affiliated with a weak UN-backed government were on Sunday defending Tripoli from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter.
More than 120 people have been killed since the Libyan commander launched an assault on the capital 10 days ago, igniting clashes with rival militias, the UN health agency said Sunday.
The World Health Organisation said 121 people have been killed in the fighting and another 561 have been wounded.
It did not specify whether they were fighters or civilians.

Violent clashes continue in the outskirts of Tripoli between the battalions loyal to the UN-backed Government of the National Accord (GNA) and units of Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Hifter.

Clashes were renewed in the areas of Ain Zara and Wadi Al-Rabie, with the escalation of heavy smoke caused by heavy shelling that ended with the GNA gaining partial control of Ain Zara and with a number of casualties on both sides.

The capital Tripoli has been witnessing violent clashes in various areas since last Wednesday after the Libyan National Army announced a major military operation to clear the capital of militias.

A military plane was seen flying over Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport as well as plumes of smoke rising into the sky, following airstrikes by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces on Monday.

LNA, that is controlling eastern Libya, is aiming to take over the territory from the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) including capital Tripoli, as the country has been split between the two rival governments since 2014.

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After more than three years of fighting, the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has liberated the country’s second-largest city, Benghazi, from Islamist militants, General Khalifa Haftar announced on state TV. The general declared a ‘new era of peace’ in the city.

LNA troops managed to recapture the oil port of Ras Lanuf during a ground offensive. The soldiers battled against the rival Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) who gained control of the facility earlier in March.
The soldiers reportedly managed to push the BDB fighters back towards the town of Ben Jawad, around 30 km (20 miles) west of Es Sider.